Keewatin Air Pilots Join IAM
January 14, 2014
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Fifty Keewatin Air pilots have joined IAM Local Lodge 2247 in Winnipeg, Canada. They are the second group of Keewatin employees to join the IAM since 25 mechanics and parts personnel were organized in 2012.
“It was quite simple really,” explained IAM District Lodge 181 Directing Business Representative Wayne Relf. “The pilots talked with the mechanics and parts personnel whom we represent about the benefits of union representation and the pilots decided to join our union. Now the pilots have someone who can champion their concerns with management.”
Keewatin Air serves the Canadian Arctic from its main base in Winnipeg with scheduled service to Sanikiluaq in Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba, Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit, Nunavut. It operates a fleet of Pilatus PC-12, Beech 1900, Lear and King Air 200 aircraft. Keewatin Air operates aircraft ground support at bases in Churchill, Manitoba, Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit, Nunavut, as well as charter and air medical services throughout Nunavut, Manitoba and beyond.
The IAM represents more than 18,000 workers in the Canadian Air Transport Sector.
